Scott Colom will become Mississippi's first Black senator since 1881.
The last Black senator from Mississippi was Blanche K. Bruce, who held office during the Reconstruction era 145 years ago.
Cindy Hyde-Smith is going to represent Mississippi in the United States Senate for the next six years. We believe thousands of votes remain to be counted from dozens of Republican counties, and we are confident those votes will reinforce her path to victory.
Election officials are continuing the normal process of counting outstanding ballots, including absentee ballots. They must have the time to complete that work and ensure every lawful ballot is accurately counted and every Mississippian’s voice is heard.
We expect Democratic lawyers to pull out every stop, and we are prepared. Our focus is on completing the count and returning Cindy Hyde-Smith to the Senate to keep fighting for Mississippi values.
Paulina is, by far, one of the greatest creative minds I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. Someone I genuinely look up to. I feel truly, truly blessed to have had the opportunity to learn from her. Gonna miss you boss 🐐
This is my last week working for @TheDemocrats.
Months ago, I decided to leave after the elections to spend time contemplating What Comes Next.
In the inimitable @milkkarten's Link In Bio, I wrote about what we learned this cycle. I hope you find it useful!
Don’t do it Bills fans. Don’t start looking at stats after the last 2 weeks and think all is good. The defense isn’t about November and December. It’s about January and maybe February. This is last chance for needed help to arrive
AOC: “Right now both of these races are uncontested — don’t be mad at me, I’m just reporting the facts.”
Rep. @AOC clearly explains the speaker vote process, says nobody is challenging @RepJeffries and anyone who does would likely be banished to obscure committees.
(If Jeffries is that vindictive it seems like even more of a reason someone should challenge him 😕)
At some point, we have to talk about @CookPolitical and other “prognosticators” who had me and other southern candidates labeled as solid R for much of the campaign cycle. They made it much more difficult to fundraise and are part of the reason the South has been neglected for so long.
They’re only a reflection of the past and mysteriously avoid any accountability when they’re wrong. One of their “analysts” was extremely condescending to me (not Jessica) when I tried to make my pitch for why they were wrong about my rating like he knew something about MS politics when he’s never been to the Sip. This attitude hurt Jaime Davis & others so much.